Sports Junkies: Game 5 Ending “Sickening”

Comcast SportsNet Capitals’ play-by-play voice Joe Beninati joined the Junkies on Tuesday to help pick up the pieces after a devastating and shocking Game 5 loss to the New York Rangers.

Washington’s Joel Ward went from playoff hero to goat in just a few moments. Ward received a four-minute high-sticking double minor penalty for drawing blood on Carl Hagelin with about 20 seconds left in the game with the Caps up 2-1.

With six-seconds left Brad Richards knocked in a rebound past goalie Branden Holtby to tie it up. In overtime, the Rangers scored again to win, still on a power-play from Ward’s penalty, to go up 3-2 in the series.

“It has to be called,” Beninati said of Ward’s penalty. “It was violent.”

Ward told the media the penalty was accidental, which Beninati predicted.